Emperor Gojong of Korea

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Emperor Gojong of Korea was the penultimate monarch of the Joseon dynasty and the first emperor of the Korean Empire, who ruled during a turbulent period of foreign intervention and modernization in late 19th- and early 20th-century Korea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Emperor of Korea ⓘ
King of Joseon ⓘ
emperor ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
abdicatedInFavorOf Emperor Sunjong of Korea ⓘ
linked to: Sunjong of Korea
alsoKnownAs Gojong of Joseon ⓘ
Gwangmu Emperor ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Gwangmu

King Gojong ⓘ
associatedWith Korean Empire proclamation ⓘ
Korean modernization policies ⓘ
birthDate 1852-09-08 ⓘ
birthName Yi Myeong-bok ⓘ
birthPlace Joseon ⓘ
Seoul ⓘ
burialPlace Hongneung ⓘ
capitalDuringReign Hanseong ⓘ
child Emperor Sunjong of Korea ⓘ
linked to: Sunjong of Korea
convertedTo Roman Catholicism ⓘ
countryRuled Joseon ⓘ
Korean Empire ⓘ
deathDate 1919-01-21 ⓘ
deathPlace Korean Empire ⓘ
Seoul ⓘ
dynasty Joseon dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Joseon
era early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
familyName Yi ⓘ
father Heungseon Daewongun ⓘ
firstMonarchOf Korean Empire ⓘ
foreignPressureFrom Japan ⓘ
Qing China ⓘ
linked to: Qing dynasty

Russian Empire ⓘ
givenName Myeong-bok ⓘ
locatedInBurial Namyangju ⓘ
mother Yeoheung Min clan lady ⓘ
name Gojong ⓘ
notableEvent Eulmi Incident ⓘ
Gabo Reform period ⓘ
forced abdication in 1907 ⓘ
proclaimed Korean Empire in 1897 ⓘ
penultimateMonarchOf Joseon dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Joseon
positionHeld Emperor of Korea ⓘ
King of Joseon ⓘ
posthumousName Emperor Gwangmu ⓘ
predecessor Cheoljong of Joseon ⓘ
reignCharacterizedBy foreign intervention ⓘ
modernization efforts ⓘ
reignEnd 1907 ⓘ
reignStart 1863 ⓘ
religion Korean Confucianism ⓘ
royalHouse House of Yi ⓘ
sentDelegationTo Hague Peace Conference of 1907 ⓘ
spouse Empress Myeongseong ⓘ
Empress Sunjeonghyo ⓘ
successor Emperor Sunjong of Korea ⓘ
linked to: Sunjong of Korea

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Deoksugung → associatedWith → Emperor Gojong of Korea ⓘ
House of Yi → royalTitle → Emperor of Korea ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Gojong of Korea
Gojong of Korea → positionHeld → Emperor of the Korean Empire ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Gojong of Korea
Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905 → rejectedBy → Emperor Gojong of Korea ⓘ
Japan–Korea Treaty of 1907 → opposedBy → Emperor Gojong of Korea ⓘ
Hongyureung → burialPlaceOf → Emperor Gojong ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Gojong of Korea
Emperor Gojong of Korea → positionHeld → Emperor of Korea ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Gojong of Korea
Yureung → burialPlaceOf → Emperor Gojong ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Gojong of Korea
Gyeongung Palace → associatedWithMonarch → Emperor Gojong of Korea ⓘ
Gyeongung Palace → renamedDuringReignOf → Emperor Gojong ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Gojong of Korea
Jeonggwanheon Pavilion → builtFor → Emperor Gojong of Korea ⓘ
Jeonggwanheon Pavilion → patron → Emperor Gojong of Korea ⓘ
Hamnyeongjeon Hall → associatedWith → Emperor Gojong ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Gojong of Korea
Yi Myeong-bok → alsoKnownAs → Emperor Gojong ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Gojong of Korea
Crown Prince Yi Cheok → royalTitle → Emperor of the Korean Empire ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Gojong of Korea
Crown Prince Yi Cheok → father → Emperor Gojong of Korea ⓘ
Crown Prince Yi Cheok → predecessor → Emperor Gojong of Korea ⓘ
Gwangmu → usedBy → Emperor Gojong of Korea ⓘ
Gwangmu → usedBy → Gojong of the Korean Empire ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Gojong of Korea
Empress Sunmyeonghyo → fatherInLaw → Emperor Gojong of Korea ⓘ
Empress Sunmyeonghyo → spouseTitle → Emperor of the Korean Empire ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Gojong of Korea
Prince Uimin → father → Emperor Gojong of Korea ⓘ
Princess Deokhye → father → Emperor Gojong of Korea ⓘ
Hague Secret Emissary Affair → initiatedBy → Emperor Gojong of Korea ⓘ
Hague Secret Emissary Affair → involvesPerson → Emperor Gojong of Korea ⓘ